The Power of What You Say

Two women were trapped in a river . They had gone there to fetch water for household chores . As they fetched water they decided to go swimming . They swam and and swam and felt it was time to go home . They did not see that the river was swelling . It would soon be floods . The floods came faster and swallowed their buckets of water . They managed to climb a long tree and people came from all directions to see what was happening . Within hours a huge crowd assembled and looked at the two women on top of a tree . However none of the crowd was brave to rescue the two women . The crowd shouted loudly and waved at the two desperate women , " the waters are so deep , we cannot risk our lives to come there and rescue you . Please don't jump off a tree and until the river floods have vanished and if you swim you are likely going to die .' When the other woman heard this put her head against the tree branch and gave up . But the other woman was deaf . She didn't hear what was said . The floods kept on coming . The deaf woman sadly jumped into deep waters . The crowd shouted at her and waved hands frantically. The deaf woman kept on struggling with deep and furiously running waters . The crowd gave up on her . They concluded she was going to die . The waters kept on swelling the river . The other woman held on to the tree as advised . After sometime, the deaf woman managed to reach the shore . The crowd was left surprised . People shouted happily cerebrating she made it . They asked her , " what made you jump into deep waters despite our advice ." The deaf woman said , " I didn't hear what you said but when I saw you waving hands and openning mouths I thought you were cheering me up to be brave and jump into the waters . I thank you for that ." The crowd was left silent and the other woman who held on to a tree was swallowed up by floods .' Lesson : be very careful of what you say to others . It may affect their lives for ever .